Not that many people expected a playoff spot for the Canucks this year, but the fact the Canucks were eyeing one from across the dance floor, wiggling their eyebrows suggestively at it, at least made you think “OK maybe this team will play some meaningful games down the stretch.” Because you know what, it sure would be fun to write about the team battling in an intense game for playoff positioning, rather than a morose summary of how that goal from Gaudette sure could help his confidence next season. Not that young players having a good end to the season is a bad thing, but there is just something exhilarating when you get to write about a team that is doing something that makes people generally happy. In 2011 we had ballads dedicated to a Jeff Tambellini backcheck. We had discussions of which movie studio would be best to make the Alex Burrows dragon slayer film. How many dogs in Vancouver were named after Canucks players? All of them.